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• Hennepin County Health officials reported
that at least 81 people fell ill from suspected Salmonella poisoning after
eating guinea pig meat and other foods from a vendor at a Minneapolis street
festival in early August. – Minneapolis Star Tribune

13.
August 21, Minneapolis Star Tribune –
(Minnesota) Tainted guinea pig meat at Minneapolis festival sent 81 to
hospitals. Hennepin County Health officials report that at least 81 people
fell ill from suspected salmonella poisoning after eating guinea pig meat and
other foods from a vendor at a Minneapolis street festival in early August. The
vendor had a city permit, but sold unapproved food and handled it improperly.
Source: http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/220600281.html

21.
August 22, Modesto Bee – (California) Rim
Fire rages out of control, spreads to 53,000 acres. Containment of the Rim
Fire was reduced to 2 percent from 5 percent August 21 as the fire grew and
burned 53,866 acres near Cherry Creek and the Tuolumne River Canyon prompting
authorities to broaden their evacuation area. Source: http://www.modbee.com/2013/08/21/2877012/rim-fire-tuolumne-county-asks.html

• McAfee's second quarter threat report
highlighted the increasing prominence of aggressive attacks on the Android
mobile operating system, as well as the growth of ransomware and infected Web
sites distributing malware. – SC MagazineSee item 31 below in the Information Technology Sector

• Seven firefighters were injured battling a
fire at the Albanian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist in Boston,
Massachusetts, August 21 that destroyed the church and prompted the evacuation
of several businesses and apartments nearby. – WHDH 7 Boston

2. August
22, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian – (Missouri) Virginia woman
found guilty in credit card counterfeiting. A woman from Alexandria,
Virginia, was found guilty in Cape Girardeau for her role in a skimming and
counterfeit payment card operation after she was found with 112 counterfeit
cards and 15 or more counterfeit access devices. Source: http://www.semissourian.com/story/1996093.html

32.
August 21, Orlando Sentinel –
(Florida) Sanford cellphone tower to be removed; workers escape blaze. Two
workers were welding on a Sanford cellphone tower when a fire engulfed the
structure August 21 which disrupted cellphone service, prompted the evacuation
of local buildings and homes, and forced the closure of nearby roads for
several hours. Fire officials reported the tower would be removed in sections
beginning August 22. Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-cell-phone-tower-rescue-20130821,0,3085970.story

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About Me

U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"